Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Mbhb - Massachusetts Institute Of Technology

6 pending office actions • 1 client • 6 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=104 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

73.7%
Allowance Rate
n=104
+0.54σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=104
4.1
OAs to Allowance
n=28
-0.05σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=28
1102 days
Time to Allowance
n=28
+21.4pp
Interview Lift
n=104
36.8%
RCE Rate
n=104
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=104

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=0 (min 20)
§102 Overcome
n=6 (min 20)
37.5%
§103 Overcome
n=24
§112 Overcome
n=12 (min 20)

Specialization & Scale

A61K, C07K, A61P
Top CPC Subclasses
47%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=104
0
Practitioners
n=104
Apps / Practitioner
n=104 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

0
Hard (0%)
5
Medium (83%)
1
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (83%)
§112 only1 (17%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

6
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GOLDEN, CHINESSA T 1 57.3% +4.6%
DURYEE, ALEXANDER MARSH 1 33.0% +40.3%
MYERS, CARLA J 1 48.8% +46.8%
UNDERDAHL, THANE E 1 59.0% +50.4%
ZHANG, KELING NMN 1 66.0% +18.5%
QIAN, CELINE X 1 47.9% +17.0%

Interview Candidates (5)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17816061 Engineered Alum-binding SARS-CoV-2 Immunogens QIAN, CELINE X 36d overdue
17978010 Facile Synthesis of Aluminum Salts Using Activated Aluminum Precursor ZHANG, KELING NMN 57d
18476900 Protection of Next-Generation Probiotics during Processing DURYEE, ALEXANDER MARSH
18343768 Structured Nucleic Acid Templated Architectures MYERS, CARLA J
18258648 MODIFIED BACTERIUM FOR OXALATE DEGRADATION AND USES THEREOF UNDERDAHL, THANE E

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
MIT 6

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17811
16571
16821
16991
17321
16371

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18836731 Impermeable 2D Polymer Massachusetts Institute Of Technology GOLDEN, CHINESSA T 1781 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 07, 2024
18476900 Protection of Next-Generation Probiotics during Processing Massachusetts Institute Of Technology DURYEE, ALEXANDER MARSH 1657 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 28, 2023
18343768 Structured Nucleic Acid Templated Architectures Massachusetts Institute Of Technology MYERS, CARLA J 1682 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 29, 2023
18258648 MODIFIED BACTERIUM FOR OXALATE DEGRADATION AND USES THEREOF Massachusetts Institute Of Technology UNDERDAHL, THANE E 1699 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 21, 2023
17978010 Facile Synthesis of Aluminum Salts Using Activated Aluminum Precursor Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ZHANG, KELING NMN 1732 §103 Non-Final OA 57d Pending Oct 31, 2022
17816061 Engineered Alum-binding SARS-CoV-2 Immunogens Massachusetts Institute Of Technology QIAN, CELINE X 1637 §103 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Jul 29, 2022

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